Why not use the F-22 to replace the F/A-18 and F-14?

On 2/22/04 5:18 PM, in article ,
"R. David Steele" wrote:
Ok, ok!!!

Not everyone keeps up with various policies and DoD planning.
the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen Myers, was picked
to plan for this potential war.

Happens all the time with lots of countries. Strictly used for weapons
buying plans.

China has let it be known, there
are a number of papers coming out of their post graduate officers
school, that they plan to challenge us for control of the far
east. That means control over India, most of SE Asia (down to
Australia), Japan, the Philippines and Siberia.


Papers out of PG schools and war colleges are strictly academic
exercises--on both sides. Contingency plans are, well... contingencies.
The Japanese own office buildings all over the place, but we're not going to
war with Japan are we?

Also China has sent it agents off its soil as it never has in
5000 years. They now run the Panama Canal. Have bases all
throughout the Caribbean. Now own a port (former naval base) in
San Diego. And they have extensive operations all throughout
North Africa.

It is going to be interesting starting somewhere between 2008 and
2012.


Okay, Nostradamus. I'll mark my calendar.

In article ,
"Doug \"Woody\" and Erin Beal" wrote:

On 2/22/04 5:18 PM, in article ,
"R. David Steele" wrote:

China has let it be known, there
are a number of papers coming out of their post graduate officers
school, that they plan to challenge us for control of the far
east. That means control over India, most of SE Asia (down to
Australia), Japan, the Philippines and Siberia.

Papers out of PG schools and war colleges are strictly academic
exercises--on both sides. Contingency plans are, well... contingencies.

Yeah, but suddenly deciding to build up to four aircraft carriers on a
rush program is a bit, well, *interesting*...

Especially after they decided to buy some Su-30s. Kinda makes you
wonder if they really bought the naval variant, plan on doing the mods
themselves, or have a naval version of their own somewhere.

--
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In article ,
on Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:04:20 GMT,
Chad Irby attempted to say .....

In article ,
"Doug \"Woody\" and Erin Beal" wrote:

On 2/22/04 5:18 PM, in article ,
"R. David Steele" wrote:

China has let it be known, there
are a number of papers coming out of their post graduate officers
school, that they plan to challenge us for control of the far
east. That means control over India, most of SE Asia (down to
Australia), Japan, the Philippines and Siberia.

Papers out of PG schools and war colleges are strictly academic
exercises--on both sides. Contingency plans are, well... contingencies.

Yeah, but suddenly deciding to build up to four aircraft carriers on a
rush program is a bit, well, *interesting*...


They won't have operational CV's and airwings for 20 years. And the PRC
won't last that long so it wont matter.


Especially after they decided to buy some Su-30s. Kinda makes you
wonder if they really bought the naval variant, plan on doing the mods
themselves, or have a naval version of their own somewhere.





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In article t,
Tank Fixer wrote:

In article ,
on Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:04:20 GMT,
Chad Irby attempted to say .....

In article ,
"Doug \"Woody\" and Erin Beal" wrote:

On 2/22/04 5:18 PM, in article ,
"R. David Steele" wrote:

China has let it be known, there
are a number of papers coming out of their post graduate officers
school, that they plan to challenge us for control of the far
east. That means control over India, most of SE Asia (down to
Australia), Japan, the Philippines and Siberia.

Papers out of PG schools and war colleges are strictly academic
exercises--on both sides. Contingency plans are, well... contingencies.

Yeah, but suddenly deciding to build up to four aircraft carriers on a
rush program is a bit, well, *interesting*...

They won't have operational CV's and airwings for 20 years.

Only if they're following the US model. You should know that they've
been having their pilots practice carrier landings on mockups on ground,
for example. If they're going up against anyone but the US, all they
have to do is be able to do fair-weather ops.

With a couple of wings of moderately-new knockoffs of some of the
Russian planes, they'd go from no real naval air to the second or third
biggest carrier-borne air capability in just a few years.

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

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